Improvement in the construction of many-chambered fire-arms



Patented Feb.1 5. 1-833.

BEN mars HAVILAND. Revolver UNITE STATES PATENT Farce.

E. A. BENNETT AND F. P. HAVILAND, OF WATERVILLE, MAINE; SAID HAVI- LAND ASSIGNOR TO AMASA PAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANY-CHAMBERED FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 603, dated February 15, 1838.

To all whom it may concern Beitknown that we, EPENE'rUs A. BENNETT and FREDERICK P. HAVILAND, 0t Waterville, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented an improved mode of constructing fire-arms of various descriptions by means of which many successive discharges may be made in rapid succession; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full description thereof.

We propose a number of blocks of steel or other metal of such size as may be necessary for the formation of a chamber in each block to receive a single charge,whieh will of course "ary with the caliber ofthefire-arm to be made. These blocks are to be cut from square bars, and are to be connected together by hingejoints, so as to form an endless chain of chambers, as hereinafter explained, and represented in the drawings accompanying this specification.

Figurel representsthe endless chain ofchambers, and the revolving standards by which the endless chain is sustained and moved, so that the chambers may be caused successively to coincide with the bore of the barrel, a part of which, also, isrepresented. In this figure all the other parts are omitted for the sake of clearness of description. at a are the blocks which constitute the revolving chain, the openings of the chambers being seen at b I). The joints or hinges by which they are connected are shown at c c c. A partof the barrel of the gun is shown at d. There are two revolving standards, 6 6, having pivotsffat each of their ends, which are received into and revolve in corresponding holes in the straps by which the barrel and the stock are connected together above and below, and between which the chambers revolve. The back ofeach chamber bears against one of these standards at the time of discharge,preventing therecoil of the chamber.

Fig. 2 shows the under side of the chain of chambers, with aportion of thelock and other parts connected therewith, the same letters being used in Fig. 1, where like parts are represented. The straps g g connect the barrel and stock, and thatlettered g has the lock attached to it. The hammer It strikes through the hole 1' upon a percussion-cap, each block being furnished with a nipple, j j, to receive such cap. In the construction of the look there is not any peculiarity upon which we intend to found a claim. The plate 7t is attached to the pivot of one of the standards, and has pins projecting from it by which to turn it with facility, so as to bring'a new chamber into proper place after discharge, which is done by turning the plate It, and raisiuga spring-catch, m, which falls into the holes I l l on the opposite side of the chambers, and shown in Fig. 1, said spring-catch, Fig. 3, being fixed on the strap and falling into the holes I I when thechamber and bore coincide.

We have devised modes of cooking the gun by the same movement which brings the chambers into place, and intend sometimes to construct our guns with this appendage, varying this and other parts as we may think proper, while we preserve the main features of our invention, and upon which our claim is founded. This claim consists in the construction of an endless chain of chambers connected together by hinged joints, arranged and operating substantially in the way herein described, and represented in the accompanying drawings. We use metallic plates to cover the percussioncaps on each side of the stock-straps g, and the whole of the endless chain of chambers may, if preferred, be surmounted by a suitable case.

E. A. BENNETT.

F. P. HAVILAND. Witnesses to the signatureot' E. A. Bennett:

P. I. K. MoRsELL, LINTON THORN.

Witnesses to the signature of RP. Haviland:

W. B. S. Moos, WILLiAM Moos. 

